Mistletone

Artwork by Bjenny Montero

Mistletone proudly presents for the first time in Australia, Kurt Vile & The Violators.

Philadelphia’s Kurt Vile can bring to mind anyone from Suicide to Leo Kottke to My Bloody Valentine, Nick Drake and Eastern ragas. Mistletone is proud to be bringing Kurt Vile and his band, The Violators to Australia for the very first time for the 21st Meredith Music Festival, plus national headline dates below.

Kurt Vile might belong to a long lineage of classic American songwriters, but he’s the only one who’s alive and in his prime today. He has been on a slow burn accent since 2008, steadily rising from the American underground through relentless touring and the release of four smashing albums.

The culmination of this groundwork was this year’s epic Smoke Ring For My Halo (out on Matador and locally on Remote Control) which perfectly showcases the amazing range of Kurt’s music. It’s tender and evocative, elusive but companionable, tough in the gut and the arm, swollen in the chest and giddy in the head. It’s a record that is perfect for any given day in whatever season, to satisfy all moods in every possible scenario, first thing in the morning or last thing at night, today, tomorrow or five years from now.

Kurt Vile is touring with his crack ensemble The Violators, who add the perfect modicum of live grunt to Kurt’s songs and make them roar.

KURT VILE & THE VIOLATORS TOUR DATES:

PERTH: Saturday December 3 @ The Bakery with special guests Split Seconds and The Long Lost Brothers. Tickets on sale from lifeisnoise.com, Now Baking, Heatseeker, 78 Records, Mills and Planet. Presented by Mistletone, Life Is Noise, The Thousands, RTR & Drum Media.

MELBOURNE: Sunday December 4 @ The Corner with special guests Fabulous Diamonds + Chook Race. Presented by Mistletone, Triple R, Inpress and The Thousands. This show is now sold out.

MELBOURNE: Monday December 5 @ Northcote Social Club with special guests Twerps and Montero. Doors 7:30pm. Tickets on sale now from the venue.

SYDNEY: Tuesday December 6 @ Oxford Art Factory with special guests Royal Headache and Step-Panther. Presented by Mistletone, Drum Media and The Thousands. This show is now sold out.

SYDNEY: Wednesday 7 December: Kurt Vile & the Violators @ Red Rattler Theatre, 6 Faversham St, Marrickville with Circle Pit + Bed Wettin Bad Boys. Doors open 7:30pm. Tickets on sale now from Moshtix.

BRISBANE: Thursday December 8 @ Woodland with Blank Realm. Tickets on sale now from Moshtix. Presented by Mistletone, Happy Endings, The Thousands, Street Press Australia & 4zzz.